Found this huge poster while going through my junk just now. Almost 20 years ago! The “first thrash concert” indeed. Well, there were a few gigs before that but this was by far the biggest show. It was organised by Box Office, the outfit ran by Ali Bakar, who made his name bringing out all the now “legendary” rock kankang heroes (Search, Whitesteel, SYJ, Lefthanded, etc.).

I didn’t go to the show though. Can’t remember why. It’s possible that I had to work that night.

Anyway, this poster features some stupid mistakes. Punisher was tagged as “Saxo”, while the picture of Saxo was tagged as “Punisher”. So you can see Ali Bakar was pretty clueless about the bands and probably he just hoping to get on the new “thrash” bandwagon.

I had this on the wall for a few years, so the poster’s a bit fukked. And I also scribbled some “hateful” comments on the Saxo picture. Never understood why they were on the bill. First they were NOT thrash, and second they were never a part of then very small Central Market “underground” community.

The band pictures are however very rare now, I think they are all lost. I know Aru and Rosdan both have quite a humourous recollection of the show. Will get it through them soon. Meanwhile, enjoy the hair!

PUNISHER

NEMESIS

SLAPDEATH

SAXO

A note taken from http://muzikmetal.blogspot.my/2010/12/konsert-thrash-1988.html

Some of us might wonder why Blackfire was not involved in this concert. In September 2005, Azmi Bahari, Blackfire’s vocalist told the story to Konsert Magazine:

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used to have this poster as well, and stick it on my wall for some months beside other thrash metal poster/flyers, if i’m so lucky i could have it in my old boxes too … if i’m not mistaken BLACKFIRE played this show too , invited by other band to the stage. i can’t remember it too much, i’m so young at that time plus upjohn + loci and apollo. but theres rockers and hippies thrasher and hippies thrasher with swastika (stupid !!!) and anti christ pendant, thrashers and skaters, bell bottom kids, “iron on” t-shirt, march cap “paras mata”, kakachi tight jeans

joe, if you have sungai way and bangsar funfair show flyers, please put it here !!

I found a lot of flyers dating back to the late 80s (shows at Paradise, Semua House and also Metallica Lounge), most are “master” copies of my flyer designing days – parts cut from 2000AD comics, photostated to enlarge or reduce, cut out again to be pasted onto another sheet of paper, which then would be filled with hand-drawn logos and texts and then photostated again for the main master, which then have to be mass photostated to spread at CM, Pertama, Wilayah and Kota Raya! I didn’t realise I designed so many flyers through out that period.

I think I have a review of this show, done by somebody at The Star where I was working as a trainee journalist. I had another assignment for the paper that night so I missed the show.

Next thing I will put up will be the first underground music report I wrote for The Star in October 1988.

Semua House show flyers would be cool, the place that i always hang out on the weekend back then – roller skate , dancing and headbanging !! cos i never saw it any back then or i just don’t care much ..

i do get few flyers of Metallica Lounge show back then, given by some kids hang out at the corner outside the place but just went 2-3 time there, not my favourite place for some reasons … if i’m not mistaken Metallica Lounge have this night, where bands paid for playing the show there ??

as for SlapDeath, there was one time they were called as “Slap Dash”. I wonder if they had a demo also. Tak sure la boss, the main guy to talk to would be si Dol (who went on with Silent Death, Breaking The Silence etc.) I heard Man is now working at the Istana Kelantan, as the main sound engineer or something similar. Tak tau apa jadi dengan Arip.

Man? I knew a Kelantanese ex-memeber of Slap Death (or ‘tapa mapuh’ as he referred to it) but we called him Saiful-at one point he was Ella’s guitarist when it was still ‘Ella and the Boys’ (the best incarnation)-this was early 90’s -he was a music teacher at Maktab Perguruan Kota Baru at the time and he opened a jam studio with an ex-member of Nobat who went tabligh-ring any bells? Aru looks great in the Nemesis poster-tell him I said ‘hi’ if you see him-one love…

You should have seen Aru and gang during the “Loudness” period. Spandex belang-belang! I must say Nemesis’ bassist Toyol was one of the most helpful thrashers back in the day. When Singapore’s Opposition Party came to play two gigs in KL, their bassist went AWOL and Toyol stepped in on the duties with no complaint. I heard he came to see the bands playing the reunion show at Chin Woo in 2004 but I missed the guy, as he left before the show’s finished. Heard he’s living in Seremban.

As for “Saiful”, sorry Mat. I cannot recall. All these bands went through a few line-up changes by that time, especially Nemesis and Punisher who would constantly exchange members. They were, after all, like inseparable twins anyway.

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